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Rosaceae (/ r oʊ ˈ z eɪ s iː. iː,-s i. aɪ,-s i. eɪ /), [5] [6] the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. [7] [8] [9] The name is derived from the type genus Rosa. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but some are evergreen. [10]
Rosa rubiginosa (sweet briar, [2] sweetbriar rose, [3] sweet brier or eglantine; [2] syn. R. eglanteria) is a species of rose native to Europe and western Asia. Description [ edit ]
Rosa banksiae Rosa persica. There are currently four subgenera in Rosa, although there have been some disputes over the years. [3] The four subgenera are: Hulthemia (formerly Simplicifoliae, meaning "with single leaves") containing one or two species from Southwest Asia, R. persica and R. berberifolia (syn. R. persica var. berberifolia) which are the only species without compound leaves or ...
The leaflets are ovate, with serrate (toothed) margins. The flowers are pink (rarely white), 3.5–5 cm diameter; the hips are red, pear-shaped to ovoid, 10–15 mm diameter. Its native habitats include thickets, stream banks, rocky bluffs, and wooded hillsides. [5] The ploidy of this rose species is variable.
Rosales (/ r oʊ ˈ z eɪ l iː z /, roh-ZAY-leez) [5] are an order of flowering plants. [6] Well-known members of Rosales include: roses, strawberries, blackberries and raspberries, apples and pears, plums, peaches and apricots, almonds, rowan and hawthorn, jujube, elms, banyans, figs, mulberries, breadfruit, nettles, hops, and cannabis.
Rosa rugosa (rugosa rose, beach rose, Japanese rose, Ramanas rose, or letchberry) is a species of rose native to eastern Asia, in northeastern China, Japan, Korea and southeastern Siberia, where it grows on beach coasts, often on sand dunes. [1] It is naturalized in much of Europe and parts of the United States and Canada. [2]
The inflorescence is a cyme of up to a few fragrant flowers with five petals in any shade of pink and measuring up to 2.5 cm in length. Flowers bloom between May and July and have many stamens and pistils. [3] The fruit is a red rose hip which may be over 1 cm long and matures in August to September. [3] They can be eaten, used in tea or as ...
Numerous cultivars have been selected, for variation in flower colour (white, mauve, peach, scarlet, and reddish-orange), and also for tolerance of cooler growing conditions in temperate regions. Notable cultivars include 'Albus' (white flowers), 'Grape Cooler' (rose-pink; cool-tolerant), the Ocellatus Group (various colours), and 'Peppermint ...